Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen

By Waqas Another day, another data breach This time Taringa, a Reddit-like This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen...

Hacker Charged for Crashing Businesses Using Millions of Mirai botnet

By Waqas Daniel ‘BestBuy’ Kaye Extradited to the UK Hacker Charged for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Charged for Crashing Businesses Using Millions of Mirai botnet...

Court Orders DreamHost to handover data on anti-Trump site

By Waqas About a week ago, it was reported that the Department This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Court Orders DreamHost to handover data on anti-Trump site...

Hackers steal 6TB of data from enterprise software developer Citrix

By Waqas Enterprise software developer Citrix becomes a victim of state-sponsored hack attack after hackers steal the company's secrets. One of the most popular enterprise software and networking and remote access technology provider firm Citrix affirmed that its internal network was compromised ...

Security firm uses Twitter to disclose critical zero-day flaw in Tor Browser

By Waqas Zerodium, an infosec and premium zero-day acquisition platform tweeted about the flaw in Tor browser on Monday. The infamous exploit vendor and buyer/seller of popular software vulnerabilities, Zerodium has revealed a critical flaw in Tor browser software. According to a tweet posted by...

Update Windows 10 to patch critical vulnerability in Microsoft store games

By Deeba Ahmed The high severity privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-16877 affected Windows Server and Windows 10. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Update Windows 10 to patch critical vulnerability in Microsoft store games...

Vega Stealer malware steals passwords & card data from Chrome & Firefox

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Proofpoint have discovered a new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vega Stealer malware steals passwords & card data from Chrome & Firefox...

Hackers Leak Nude Photos of WWE Diva Maria Kanellis AGAIN

By Carolina The latest WWE celebrity to have her privacy invaded is 35-year-old This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak Nude Photos of WWE Diva Maria Kanellis AGAIN...

Cigna Health Data Leak: 17 Billion Records Exposed

By Habiba Rashid The database contained over 17 billion records, which is equivalent to about 6.35 terabytes of data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cigna Health Data Leak: 17 Billion Records Exposed...

Avaddon ransomware gang: ‘We stole 3TB of French AXA Group data’

By Waqas Avaddon ransomware gang is threatning to carry out DDoS attacks and data leak if AXA did not coporate with the attackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Avaddon ransomware gang: We stole 3TB of French AXA Group data...

Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop

By Carolina Israeli police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly hacking This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop...

3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web

By Waqas Dark Web is a strange place where one can conduct This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web...

TrickBot Variant Steals Bitcoin by Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions

By Waqas Another day, another malware - This time TrickBot's variant is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TrickBot Variant Steals Bitcoin by Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions...

Experts Show How Easy It Is To Hack Home & Industrial Robots Remotely

By Waqas From IoT to IIoT everything seems vulnerable. A Seattle based This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Experts Show How Easy It Is To Hack Home Industrial Robots Remotely...

Critical vulnerability lets hackers play with safety system of modern cars

By Waqas According to the latest research from a collaborative team of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical vulnerability lets hackers play with safety system of modern cars...

Unprotected MongoDB leaks resumes of 202M Chinese job seekers

By Waqas China is often suspected to sponsor hack attacks against organizations and agencies in the US or Europe. However, this time around China itself has become a victim of a security breach. Reportedly, an unprotected MongoDB has exposed personal and professional details of more than 202...

DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes

By Waqas After a brief hiatus, attackers have returned with a series This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes...

42 Android Models infected with data stealing banking trojan

By Uzair Amir There are 42 cheap Android models currently infected with Triada banking This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 42 Android Models infected with data stealing banking trojan...

Fake Chrome & Firefox Font Update Drops RAT and Locky Ransomware

By Waqas Google Chrome with 2 billion active users is the most This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Chrome Firefox Font Update Drops RAT and Locky Ransomware...

Fake Adobe updates installing cryptomining malware while updating Flash

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks has identified that a fake Flash updater is circulating the web and fooling computer users by sneakily installing cryptocurrency mining bot XMRig. In the past few months, researchers have identified 113 fake updaters installing cryptomini...

Man admits hacking former employer’s computer system for revenge

By Waqas In October 2017, Gavin Paul Prince, 37, chief executive of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man admits hacking former employer’s computer system for revenge...

BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records

By Waqas According to researchers, BYKEA's 200 GB worth of database was exposed on an Elasticsearch server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records...

The Best Way to Install and Set-Up WinRAR 64-bit

By Owais Sultan WinRAR is a file archiving tool for handling ZIP and RAR files on computers. It is also available for several different platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and lots more. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Best Way to Install and Set-Up WinRA...

New Android malware bypass 2FA & steal one-time passwords

By Uzair Amir These apps were designed to pass as BtcTurk, a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange. Researcher Lukas Stefanko at the Slovakian security firm ESET has discovered Android malware in new apps that can bypass the SMS-based two-factor authentication 2FA without using SMS permissions. The...

The Pirate Bay’s preferred cryptominer Coinhive shutting down next week

By Waqas The Pirate Bay was caught twice secretly mining Monero cryptocurrency using Javascript powered by Coinhive. Popular in-browser crypto-mining service will be shutting down from March 9th, 2019 much to the dismay of hackers who loved it quite ardently. The reason behind this decision,...

Watch: Hackers take over Tesla Model X; control brakes and doors

By Waqas The hackers from Keen Security Labs, a part of Chinese Internet giant Tencent This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch: Hackers take over Tesla Model X; control brakes and doors...

Babuk ransomware gang leaks DC police data as negotiations fail

By Deeba Ahmed The latest leak by the Babuk ransomware gang contains 26GB worth of records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Babuk ransomware gang leaks DC police data as negotiations fail...

EvilGnomes Linux malware record activities & spy on users

By Uzair Amir The EvilGnomes Linux malware has been linked to infamous Russian threat actors from the Gamaredon Group. The IT security researchers at Intezar Labs have discovered a sophisticated new backdoor Linux malware in the wild that has been developed to target Linux devices. Dubbed...

Gmail “From field” bug makes phishing attacks easier for hackers

By Waqas Gmail, as we know, is a popular and commonly preferred email platform around the world. That’s why any news about a bug in this platform is bound to create chaos among users. And, that’s exactly the case this time. Software developer Tim Cotten has discovered a bug Gmail’s ‘From:’ header...

Robots can be hacked with ransomware & curse at customers

By Waqas Exploitable Vulnerability in Softbank’s NAO and Pepper Robots Leads to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Robots can be hacked with ransomware & curse at customers...

Phishing Scam: Hackers Steal $900,000 from County Office

By Waqas Another day, another phishing scam - This time Harris County, Texas This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Phishing Scam: Hackers Steal $900,000 from County Office...

Apple patches bug that showed device password rather than hint

By Waqas If you have updated your MacOS from the older version This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple patches bug that showed device password rather than hint...

Facebook data of 500M+ users from 106 countries leaked online

By Waqas The data was leaked earlier today on an infamous hacker forum without users' Facebook accounts passwords. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook data of 500M+ users from 106 countries leaked online...

Watch out as Purple Fox malware with worm module hits Windows

By Waqas According to researchers, Purple Fox malware attacks intensified significantly, and it has launched a total of 90,000 attacks since May 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out as Purple Fox malware with worm module hits Windows...

Adult video game website High Tail Hall hacked; user data stolen

By Waqas The latest report from breach monitoring website HaveIBeenPwned reveals that in August, popular adult video game website High Tail Hall HTH was hacked and private data of about half a million subscribers was stolen. The leaked data includes names, email IDs, and order histories among oth...

Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online

By Sudais Asif DataViper, a breach monitoring site is owned by... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online...

Dow Jones’ screening watchlist data exposed online

By Waqas A database hosted on Amazon Web Services AWS and owned by Dow Jones has accidentally been exposed putting approx. 2.4 million corporate entities and individuals at risk of data theft. Reportedly, the exposed database comprises sensitive information about terrorists, criminals, and shady...

Russian Host Proton66 Tied to SuperBlack and WeaXor Ransomware

Threat actors are exploiting bulletproof hosting service Proton66 for malicious activities, including campaigns from SuperBlack ransomware operators, Android…...

New macOS malware XcodeSpy found sneaking into spy on victims

By Habiba Rashid According to researchers, XcodeSpy malware is targeting Xcode Developers in a supply-check attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New macOS malware XcodeSpy found sneaking into spy on victims...

Facebook and Instagram suffer massive outage

By Uzair Amir You are not alone; Facebook and Instagram are down for almost everyone in Europe and America. Another day, another service outage at social media giant Facebook and its subsidiary company Instagram. Yes, Facebook and Instagram have been hit by a worldwide service outage forcing both...

New attack spreads LokiBot & NanoCore malware in ISO image files

By Waqas Both NanoCore and LokiBot are Info-stealing Trojans. Security researchers at the San Francisco-based firm Netskope have discovered a new malware campaign distributing the info-stealer malware LokiBot and NanoCore via ISO image file attachments that appear to be an invoice. It is notewort...

Death linked to prank – France seeks extradition of hacker from Israel

By Waqas The incident took place in 2014 in which father of a French journalist died of a heart attack soon after prank call made by the hacker. Ulcan, an infamous hacker, could possibly be extradited to France as on Tuesday French prosecutors have officially requested Israeli authorities to let...

Saudi caller ID app Dalil leaked data of over 5 Million users

By Uzair Amir Thanks to yet another unsecure MongoDB Server. Dalil is a Saudi caller ID app that is reportedly been leaking user data because of storing it on an unsecure MongoDB server. Within a week private data of over 5 million Dalil users has been leaked and the data is available online easi...

Top 10 Best Antivirus software for 2019

By Zehra Ali Open the Internet and your screen will be flooded with hacking news and exploits carried out through the use of sophisticated techniques. It is not uncommon to land on news reports of millions of compromised Internet devices. These stories emerge not merely because of the hacker’s...

Hacker demonstrates how to remotely Jailbreak iPhone X

By Waqas A China-based security researcher associated with the Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a kernel vulnerability, which he claims to be the second stage of an exploit chain that he was successfully able to jailbreak iPhone X remotely. The researcher Qixun...

TimpDoor Android malware turning devices into hidden proxies

By Waqas Android users in North America are the current target of TimpDoor malware. The McAfee Mobile Research team has identified an active phishing campaign that traps users by sending an SMS to influence them on downloading and installing an Android malware app TimpDoor. It is a fake...

State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine

By Waqas Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining - fingers point at Sandvine...

Someone DDoSed Ukraine’ national postal service for 48 hours

By Uzair Amir Ukrposhta, the national postal service of Ukraine came under a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Someone DDoSed Ukraine national postal service for 48 hours...

Microsoft investigating Windows XP, Server 2003 source code leak

By Waqas Microsoft Windows XP may be old but still powers roughly 1% of all desktop and laptop computers worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft investigating Windows XP, Server 2003 source code leak...

Cellebrite claims its new tool unlocks almost any iOS or Android device

By Waqas Cellebrite is the same company which helped the FBI to unlock iPhone device of San Bernardino shooter. Renowned Law Enforcement contractor, the Israel-based forensics firm Cellebrite has claimed that they have developed a perfect tool to hack almost every high-end Android and iOS device,...